viii, 288 pages 22 cm

Underground films -- Howard Hawks -- John Huston -- The third man -- Detective story -- In the street -- Val Lewton -- Short and happy -- Blame the audience -- Best films of 1951 -- Ugly spotting -- Fight films -- Home of the brave -- The gimp -- Nearer my Agee to thee -- Preston Sturges: success in the movies / written with W.S. Poster -- Frank Capra -- Parade floats -- Hard-sell cinema -- Don Siegel -- Samuel Fuller -- White elephant art vs. termite art -- The decline of the actor -- Cartooned hip acting -- Day of the Lesteroid -- The wizard of gauze -- The cold that came into The spy -- Rain in the face, dry gulch, and squalling mouth -- Pish-tush -- The subverters -- Carbonated dyspepsia -- One-to-one -- How I won the war -- Clutter -- Shame -- New York Film Festival, 1967 -- New York Film Festival, 1968 -- New York Film Festival, 1968, afterthoughts -- New York Film Festival, 1969 -- Experimental films -- Canadian underground -- Michael Snow -- Jean-Luc Godard -- La Chinoise and Belle de Jour -- Luis Buñuel

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